As China Meets the Southern Sea Frontier
Ocean Identity in the Making, 1902-1937
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2867332 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ulises Granados (0000-0002-7523-3592, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 443-461 |
| Publication date | 2005-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Pacific Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-851X • E-ISSN: 1715-3379 |
| Publisher | Pacific Affairs (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5509/2005783443 |
| OpenAlex | W2335151434 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Introduction The South China Sea, currently traversed by more than half of the world's supertankers, is a three-million-square-kilometre semi-enclosed sea scattered with barren islands and reefs, some of them partly submerged at high tide. There is no consensus as to exactly how many features are involved or the extent of the archipelagos, but it can be said that the area hosts four clusters: the Macclesfield Bank (claimed by China and Taiwan, with some parts also claimed by the Philippines); the Pratas Islands (claimed by China and Taiwan and occupied by the latter); the Paracel Islands (claimed by China, Taiwan and Vietnam but occupied by China since 1974); and the Spratly Islands (claimed entirely or partly by China, Taiwan, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei.) Since two armed skirmishes occurred in 1974 and 1988 between Vietnam
Archaeology · Archipelago · China · Frontier · Geography · Geology · International Maritime Law Issues · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology · Maritime Security and History · Oceanography
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2023 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |